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West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-05-19
DANDIE

Fond OF old Dan, SIR, Indeed ami
reckon ought 20 be-proud OF him. too
Brave as lion, sir, mild as a lamb.
And the wiss'st fellow YOU ever knew
Just wait tin tell YOU what he did.
Though its not 20 my credit. as you'll So
For IT came from my doing a thing forbid
That Dandie showed what dog can be.
we were in the potato patch one day,
Dandie and Hal and and Fred.
And to save my life / couldn't say
Just how the mischief got into my head.
rather had said we weren't % do it.
but roast potatoes arc very good!
And Hal had matches Before we knew il
we had bonfire lit in the wood
Father knew best, on the whole guess;
At all events, l can safely say
7 would have kept us out Of Jolly mess
III we had believed he did, that day.
For, not to spin out too long a story,
That youngster you see there-Fred's his
name
Contrived TO cover himself with glory
BY getting his pctticoatsall aaame.
We never thought OF his skirts. Won see
For he's just as much of a boy as the rest
Ana 70 tell the truth, between you and mo,
It's silly old way for boy TO be dressed
Why can't he have trousers right from ths
firstf
For OF all the 'dcspisable' things 10 wear.
Those niminy-piminy froclks are the worst.
know how II is, for I've been there
Howcvcr, the po7rlittle chap, as said.
Was all of a blnae--and how he did yclll
Hal began pitching things at his head
And | stood as II / was mdera spell:
For both of us lost our wits completely.
And only for dear old Dan-wel there
you want tok know, III own up to it sweetly-
am a-cryng, and don't carel
You'd know how it was yourself. think.
If you'd been in my place. and seen old Dan.
lie went for that boy, sir, quick as a wink,
Grabbed his frock in his teeth. and ran
Straight 10 the brook with him, bumpetv
bump!
And there the two took a douSe together.
BY the time we followed him on the iump
tell you what, it was sIualy weather.
Fire was put out, though. Wen, 1 should
smile
Il reckon shouted then for iov);
Though, sfor Fred, you might walk a mile
AMI not come up with mad Ter boy.
Mad as homeland dripping wet
Such little scarecrow YOU never saw!
But here's the dog sir, We shan't forget
Shall we, old fellow! Give a. your paw!
II +. Brurey IN ST. Nicholas.
West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1887-05-19

Mamma, said Floss.c. who had been
60 church for the fr-i imc where She
had listened with more on less attention
t0 the sermon ~ know what the min.
lister meant by 'children'e children
''IcsW said mamma.
eyes; ne meant dolls Mao Yogt
sun
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

mains in the hands of the control lers of industry-the owners of land and buildings and mechanical means.
 A little logical reflection will show that if the State were the direct agent of the workers for the regula- tion of production and distribution, there would be corresponding de- crease in the opportunities now taken advantage of by the private, competing and obsorbtng captains of industry"
 The only escape open to Labor from the heecing system is the con trol by the people of the State, and by the State of the soil and indus tries-in other words, universal CO., operation, and this is Socialism.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26
QUEER CONCEPT.

The Toledo Industrial Neacs says it stands by the Knights of Labor because it believes that the "toiling masses of every legitimate occupa- tion are one brotherhood," and also because the K. of l.. is the only or ganization under which all can unite" ... ...s. I.
 To such an extent can editors come under the control of a little fetish.
 Now, the WoRKMEN's ADVOCATE Islands by" Knights of Labor be- cause Knights of Labor are work ingmen endeavoring to throw off the yoke of bossism, and because assem- plies of the Knights of Labor are potent means for advancing the labor cause. But we do not believe, nor does any thinking man free from narrow bigotry believe, that the Or der of Knights of Labor is the only organization under which the work ingmen of the world can unite, or will unite.
 The toiling masses, as well as the exploiting classes, in this country are united under one government more effectively than the members of the labor organizations are united under their respective banners. Ot course, not as Socialists, but as peo- pie. They are divided into parties and factions; but so are the Knights of Labor, if one can believe the evi dence of Knights and their organs. For example, take the organ of g District Assembly recommending the sale of a railroad owned by muni. cipality to corporation of capital. ists.
 The News Is a Jealous advocate oI what it believes to be good for thu people, no doubt; it is evidently honest. But in the Labor move ment honesty and good common sense should go together. And il seems to us absurd that any one O. ordinary calibre could imagine that Il secret organization should contro the politics and industries of grea1 nation. This will be reserved fol the organization of all the peopl, known as the State, when it becomes Sociallstic in it's organization.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26
A PRIZE ESSAY.

Comrade Seller, of Bridgeport, sends us the following essay written by young man who graduated at the High School in that city, and is now a student at Yale. His name is James W. Thompson. Socialists will be pleased to know that even schoolboys are coming to discuss the science under which they will in all probability live and four ish in their years to come. The style and temper of the composition should put most of our capitalist editors to shame That the young writer treats the new science in 2 manner which betrays certain fear of it, is natural when one considers surrounding circumstances.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

fact it's life is in danger. It must be severe task to carry such load of responsibility under such trying circumstances, therefore an effort should be made to relieve the poor sufferer. If it is beyond relief, kill it and put it out of its misery. ;.
 The "democratic' party, too, is weak and i'll. Completely paralyzed in some parts of it's body, reeking with decay it still continues, with 8 degree of persistence worthy of bet ter cause, to drag it's putrid body into public notice. Such 8 spec tacle ought to arouse the pity of a very good man. We should sym pathise with the poor creature, and our sympathy should find expression in a good deed; the granting of 8 lifelong vacation. -Chicago Labor Enquirer.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

their spare change, shout themselves hoarse over and worship Headers" for the next hundred years, but they will never solve the Labor question by such childish tactics. But when workingmen think for themselves, and criticize instead of thoughtlessly applaud every petty action of their so-called 'leaders;" when they be- come sufficiently educated not to need the doubtful support of lead ing strings, then there will be some hope for them. And it is a matter of time only when the workers will do their own thinking and "leaders' will be unnecessary.
 Work aud Wages tells it's readers that a certain group of competitors of the kind who step in and take the place of men who strike against re- ductions of wages, and known to honest printers as "the rat fra ternity," "seems to have had it's or igin in a determination of some of the best men in the Typographical Union to submit no longer to as- sessments," etc., etc. This lying in- situation is in perfect keeping with the character of Work aud Wages in relation to the labor question. We notice the names of persons con- nected with that paper conspicu- ously printed in it. who are mem bers of the Economic Association, of which Prof. R. T. Ely is a promi' nent member. We are tolerably sure that Prof. Ely despises delib' crate liar. F. H. Giddings is the editor of Work aad Wages.
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Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
GREEN HANDS.

This running trains with green
 hands about which the railroad man.
 agers talk so glibly, and to which
 they are 80 ready to resort rather
 than do justice to those who in past
 years have risked life and limb for their profit, while it may be very funny for the corporation, is by no means so funny in the long run for the green hands nor for the general public, on whom the burden of their maintenance must fall in the very probable contingency of their injury.
 Risky at best, railroading is doubly risky for green hand. Careful conductors, recognizing this fact, are accustomed to pay particular atten- tion to seeing that their green hands are not injured or killed while learn ing to couple cars. If an experi- enced man who has refused to take the extra risk tells green hand what risk he is running that, accord. ing to Judge Stones interpretation of the law, is intimidation" but a railroad company that takes advant. age of a green mans ignorance te induce him to hazard what men who know the risk will not-as there seems to be no law to fit the case, s statute should be enacted defining and providing proper penalties fol the crime of obtaining risk of lift under false pretences. -Cleueland Workman. ".
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26
NOTES.

The old monarch, William Leh- mann, vulgarly known as "Kaiser Wilhelm, "and fawned upon by such snobs as the New York Herala, eel ebrated his ninetieth birthday last Tuesday. We'll, what of it?
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26
YOUR WAGES.

It IS the habit Of most Of us who work for wages to consider the wages paid us at the end of the week as all that we receive for our work, and though we may believe that 1t is not equivalent to the value of our labor, we are in the habit of accounting f1r the balance as going into the pockets of the employers. This is approximately correct, but working men nevertheless receive a partial return for their labor, small though it be, in public improvements and conveniences. They pay for these things, to be sure, and they pay high for them. But we desire to call attention to the return which is made by society organized to it's in- dividual members, and to awaken thought upon this particular phase of the social question.
 The working people pay, in labor, indirect taxes to the State through their employers, their landlords and their purveyors--the grocer, the baker, the furniture dealer, the clothier, etc. The landlords exact the amount of their direct taxes out of their tenants, with interest. The employers pay taxes direct, and cal culate to make up for all they pay, with interest, out of their employees on the one hand and their customers on the other; these, as purveyors to the needs of the people must recover the tax expense from their custom CTS, with interest, in the shape of profits. As the majority of retail purchasers are people who depend upon work-in the abstract necessary and unnecessary, productive and un- productive-for their wages, is it not evident that these people arc permitting themselves to be used by 8 small class of bloodsuckers, as the horse that is driven into the leech pond?
 Now, as we hail every new public convenience as something gained we should also give some considera ton to the cost to us of those con veniences over and above the labol spent to procure them. Every cent over and above the cost of labor from surveying to paving, necessar! to complate a roadway, is wastsC upon some social parasite. And s' with everything that is furnished b, State or municipality. Labor not only pays for it all, but pays fa more thanit is worth, and the so eicty leeches get the benefit of tn peoples careless extravaganza.
 Accepting the general proposition that laborers receive ultimately onl sufficient in wages to keep them i their accustomed state of existen Ct every additional public convenience every concession from the State, is
 benefit and a return to the worker of a reward over and above thei wages. But it must not be fol gotten that such increased benefi from the State are indirectly su, piled by the productive labor of u people. And in the transit gre' portion of the wealth created T
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

Professor Richard T. Ely, writing to the Forum for March, says: elf any man who has carefully studied the nature of labor organizations from life has ever pronounced against them, have yet to find him. It is, doubtless, possible to find many who, with no knowledge of labor organizations save such as is gathered from rumor, garbled newspaper re- ports, and certain extracts from Eng fish blue books twenty years old, have constructed an economic theory adverse to these societies. Each one can judge for himself how much weight Is to be attached to their opinions. How high 8 value ought to be gwen to a mans disquisition on oysters who never saw one? Ask 8 natural scientist what he would think of such a man." All of which is recommended ss good for the di- gestion of the editorial staff of the Register.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26
ANOTHER EFFORT.

The report Of the Proceedings of the First Annual Convention of the Connecticut State Branch of the American Federation of Labor" has the date 1887 upon its title page; but. from a perusal of the constitu- tion adopted, ,one might suppose that the affair was "faked" a score or two of years ago. Aside from the am blguous phrase "to secure leglsla- tion in the interests of the working masses,' twice repeated, there is nothing in that instrument which would indicate that the people who adopted it had any knowledge of such thing as Labor Party in the State, or that there was such means placed at the disposal of working people as the ballot. The convention must have been wrought up to tremendous state of ardent desire for the welfare of wage workers when they risked their precious lives by including in Sec. 3, Art. w.: "and influence public opinion by peaceful and legal meth- ods in favor of Organized Labor. But what these "peaceful and legal methods" are to consist of was un- fortunately left to the discriminating intelligence of any democratic" or republican" relics that happen to survive the peaceful and legal methods" of the convention.
 Nevertheless, it must be remem- bered that Connecticut itself is some- what behind the times in many things, and when the former isolated condition of the trades unions is considered, there is still something encouraging in the fact of the anal gamation of trades organizations of the State. Those of us who have advanced beyond the sole considera- tion of the petty details of wages and
 bosses, and the rights" of the work
 ingman, as emblazoned on the es- cutcheons of old fashioned trades
 unions, need not feel aggrieved at
 the slowness of our brothers, but
 should rather rejoice that they have
 decided on an extension of unionism
 beyond the narrow confines of their
 own respective trades, even while
 we fail to resist the natural impulse to poke them up a little just to set if they are alive.
 There were several good, demo. cratic resolutions offered, and un.
 fortunately rejected. The fact tha, they were presented, however, seems
 to indicate that some of the trades unions represented had emerged , from antiquity.
 The Proceedings" are so poorl, r arranged, that they do not clearl, : demonstrate the actual sense of thu Q convention upon the numerous reso
 lutions presented, although tn l opinions of the committee on reso V lutions stand out in bold relief n That this Is merely a mistake ma !. be conceded, considering that this , the first report issued by the organi a zation. What we want to see Is pro 8 gress, at least, and any labor organ r ization that shows an inclins.ion '- remain stationary will not receiy ts the hearty support of workingme J. who are capable of seeing beyond th le end of their noses.
 1t It remains with the unions, ther g. to demand some tangible eyidens
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26
GIVE THEM A REST.

Give the old parties 8 rest. They need it. They are sadly in need of a change. They have worked with zeal and faithfulness-for them selves. and they should receive the reward they are entitled to-s long vacation.
 The republican party is sick; in
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

of the usefulness of the State Feder- ation; and if that is not forthcoming, tho Federation will go the way of all unprogressive movements-it will die.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

Comrades, remember the request we sent you two weeks ago. Some have responded. Let all respond.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

One of our far-away exchanges, the Winnipeg Netcs, quotes the New York Stw (organ of "Society Savior" Hewltt) as "very reliable authority" in the matter of the labor movement in New York. We won der if the Winnipegger ever saw the .Star' But we can inform our good little friend that the New York Gen. tral Labor Union and "those hor. rid" Socialists are not of the kind that make little gods of mediocre men with long titles and worship them.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

In another column we print 8 disquisition on Socialism written by a schoolboy just graduated from the Bridgeport High School. His opin- ions are, of course, the opinions of the class of which he is a scion. He speaks of the dangers of Social ism, and echoes the sentiments of of his elders, while at the same time, like them, he admits the tendency of the present system to yitiate the provisions of charter of American liberty. Discussion is the order ol the day, and it is with pleasure that We admit to our forum the young American student.
Workmen's advocate., 1887-03-26

Workingmen may sacrifice all
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-13

The outlook is that the county teachers
institute to be held ut the town hall in
this village on Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday next will be well attended and
both interesting and valuable to the
teachers of the county. The first ses-
sion will come at 10 o'clock Wednesday
morning, when Hon. John W. Stewart
will give the opening address. The full
programme was printed in last weeks :
REGISTER. On Thursday morning comes
ton. Ladies of the W. G. L. t." con-
cerning which a member of the local
union writes: "Supt. Dartt invited the
w. c. T. L. of Addison county to occu-
py some time at the teachers institute.
They choose to do so by employing Mrs.
Mary II. Hunt of Boston. who is super
intendent of the department of scientific
temperance instruction for the national
W. G.. T. L. She is the lady who has done
SO much at our national and State capi-
tails for the passage of the law providing
for the study in public schools of physi-
olOgy with special reference to the effect
of stimulants and narcotics upon the hu-
man organism. She has met with the
most tlattering success. though openly
opposed by the minions of alcohol every
where. She is a speaker of national re-
nown. At the temperance camp-meeting
at TicOnderoga. Joseph Cook called her
"a queen of the platform" and it is in
deed rare treat to listen when she dis
courses upon the theme so dear to her
heart-scientiiic temperance instruction.
She is expected to be present Wednesday
evening and Thursday morning"
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-13

IT is about time that the rulers of the
nation should do something to aid the
merchant marine of this country to take
rank with that of other countries. Every
other nation of any consequence on the
globe has built up its foreign carrying
trade through government aid, and we,
failing to adopt their plan, are least where
we should be greatest. Demagogues are
largely responsible for such condition
of things. The moment the subsidizing
of lines of ships is hinted at some one of
these whoopers starts up and talks it
down. But our industrial progress de-
mands some action of this kind, and at
once, if we are to keep up with the pro-
cessiOn.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-13
VERMONT HORsE-BREEDERs' AssoCA'
LION

At meeting of the executive commit
tee of the Vermont Association of Road
and Trotting Horse Breeders, held at the
Addison House on Wednesday. it was
voted:
That at the next annual fall meeting, to be
held at Rutland, sept. :, and 8, the following
tive stakes: Foals OF lssG. $50; foals of lSSj
SO; foals of lssi, lso3 and lsS2, 500 each; ;
mares, three minute class. 500; stations, 40
class 800. stations, open to all, 500
That the $500 purse should be open to all
eligible horses that have never beaten 81,
instead OF 30 rs first dccidcd-the entrance
to be ten per cent of the purse.
That AL purses and stakes be divided into
four parts of 90 %, Ii and 10 per cent.
That the following should be the trotting
FIRST Day Sept 7-Yearings, two.year-o olds
and stations in the 40 class.
Second Day, sept. S-Fouryear- olds, fve-
year-Olds and mares in the three-ninute class.
mira Ddy Sept. 3-Three-y yearolds, stations
open to all and the $500 purse for the .35
class.
That the purse last named above should be
open only to horses ownedJune in this State,
unless otherwise eligible under the consttu-
tion by being the get of II stallion owned by a
member.
Entries to all the above races close
June II next, by which time nominations
must be made to Joseph Battell, treasur-
er, Middlebury, Vt. 1t was further vot-
ed:
That the following premiums be given for
stock exhibited at the meeting, entrance tu
which should be free on application to +. +.
Brownell, secretary, burlington, VT, for en-
/ try blank: Matched horses, IL - hands and
over, $50, divided into s2j, SIS and $40; b1 ood
| mares with colt at foot, $50, divided in the
same way. Joseph Battell offers II special pre-
mium OF 300, divided into $50, so and 800. for
/ the first second and third best stallion trac
/ ing in direct male line toJustin Morgan, to he
ii. Murray, the wcll-knOwn Morgan hors,
breeder. Entrance to this premium is alst
tree.
The full terms of stakes and purse.
will be advertised in our next issue.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-13
THE WAY TO DO 1T.

Somebody wrote to the editor of a vii
lage paper to ask how he would "break
an OK" The editor replied as follows !:
'If only one OK, good way would be
to hoist him, by means of a long chain
attached to his tail, to the top of pole
forty feet from the grouud. Then hoist
him by rope tied to his horns to anoth-
er pole. Then descend on his back a
five-ton pile-driver, and if that don't
break him start country newspaper and
trust people for subscriptions. One of
the two ways will do it sure
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-13

JUDGE f. III. BENNETT gets at the gist
of the divorce-reform question in an ar
ticle in the current Forum. lie maintains
that improvement will come, not through
making divorces hard to procure, but by
properly regulating marriages. He says,
what common sense should have taught
long ago-that marriage contract ought
not to be made by those who are incom-
petent in law TO bind themselves in other
ways; and he further holds that greater
publicity should be given to intentions of
marriage.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1887-05-13
SHIPMENTS OF SHEEP.

Two lots of Merinos were shipped from
Middlebury to the West Tuesday. One
consisted of l43 rams and IL ewes. bought
for Mr.. Saml Jewett of Lawrence. Kan,
by Messrs. c. ii. IL j. \. James. They
were taken to Kansas City by Mr.. Philo
Jewett, son of the owner. who came East
for them. The other consignment be-
longed to Mr.. j. B. Cherbno, who went
with it to Montana. 1t was made up of
4S4 rams and 100 ewes.